The next few weeks continue on this way. Slowly, I am introduced into the ways of pleasure I used to enjoy. Mother coaxes from me these pleasures bit by bit, reminding me of things I had forgotten with my new life.
One evening as I lay in the cool sheets, my skin still vibrating from all of Mother’s affections, I see her standing by the window. I prop up on my elbows and turn to her.
“What are you doing?” I ask quietly.
“Nothing,” she sighs with a shake of her head...
2019-12-14 22:00:59 +0000 UTC
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You visited Hearthway Hollow once on a school trip, the kind your seventh-grade class took every year. An old lumber mill there served as a working museum. Part of it showed how the timber used to be milled, and another part paid tribute to the Lumbee Native Americans who had settled and founded what was now Hearthway Hollow. Yet another segment of the museum was dedicated to the wildlife conservatio...
2019-12-14 20:00:59 +0000 UTC
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I snap a dirty look at them as I reach for another roll of the silk. “Why do you steal teeth?” I snap at it.
The fairy rattles the cage. “They’re dead, what does it matter what you do? Toss them in a hole. Set them on fire. Why don’t you eat them?”
“Is that what you do with your dead?” I grumble as I wrap the head, paying special attention over the eyes.
The fairy shakes more on the bars of the cage. “Mother tends to us. But that still does not answer my qu...
2019-12-13 22:00:59 +0000 UTC
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There is a statue that hangs out over the corner of the building, just above your apartment window. Sometimes, in the evenings, you sit out on your tiny porch that hangs over the street and turn your chair so you can look up and face the old statue. It looks worn to hell and back. Parts of it are crumbling, it’s missing an arm, and you can’t tell if the statue has a beard or if it’s ...
2019-12-13 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Haytham’s eyes are far too perfect, far too beautiful. I have never understood the fairy tale notion of love at first sight until this man stood in my presence. If only the childhood adage of ‘a kiss will make it better’ would work in this scenario, I would ask him for kisses until morning.
A smile perks the corner of Haytham’s lips. “Another Fair,” he chuckles. “My, my, now that’s my luck!” He then presses his palm against my forehead. “You are warm....
2019-12-12 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The Pitfall is one of those ingrained institutions, a place where dreams are made, careers are started, and tragic romances blossom. For you, it’s simply a job. You started working at Pitfall directly out of school, hoping to get a job somewhere in management, and instead getting thrust into the glamorous lifestyle of bartending. For some reason they much prefer an edgy bartender to an e...
2019-12-12 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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“Maybe the risk is worth it,” he chuckles. “Who knows what will happen or what I will find there?”
I swallow back a nervous lump in my throat. “Well, who am I to tell you how to live your life?” I slip my hand over his and slowly curl my fingers around his. “Whatever you want to do, just do it.”
Hansal chuckles. “Fine. Maybe I will, then.”
After I say goodbye to Edgar and fly off, I have a quick job with Robin. I have to pick up some artifact and deliver ...
2019-12-11 22:00:59 +0000 UTC
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Sig sits poised behind the desk, going through of stack of books that she slips a bookmark into before placing them into packages that are to get mailed off. You’ve just come back through the door. It’s snowing out, and you’ve been tossing salt on the sidewalk.
Sig jumps down from her chair and hurries over to you. “Cold?”
“Yeah,” you huff, peeling off your gloves...
2019-12-11 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Once I see the peaks of the tents, I feel a bit better. Once I get to spend some time with my brother, I think everything will be ok. I land in the Carnival, finding myself remembering the old days when I was little. I had been a toddler when Edgar brought us here. He was sixteen, I was three, and our parents had been killed by Hawks. Edgar barely escaped with me before losing one of his eyes. Somehow, we had found ourselves in the carnival and were taken care of. I was raised in the carnival...
2019-12-10 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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You wake up on the floor, the rug wrapped around you like you transformed into a burrito in the middle of the night. Groggy, stiff, and with a mouth full of cotton, you manage to rise up enough to see a bottle skitter across the floor. You groan, rubbing your eyes as the heavy pressure in your head seems to pop like a bubble and become a thick vapor in your brain. Everything is foggy, heav...
2019-12-10 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Bishop glances up then back at you. “Maybe we can sneak away later, go get a drink, talk about something or another.”
Your heart skips a beat and then stops dead when Bishop winks. He walks ahead towards the kitchen while you catch your breath.
“Holy fucking shit he’s gonna make me have an anurysem.” You take a deep breath, calm yourself ad quickly catch up in the kitchen.
Mimi’s family owned a Japanese restaurant in Hearthway Hollow, Mimi worked there wher...
2019-12-09 22:00:59 +0000 UTC
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There is a chill in the air, and it tastes crisp as you take in a deep breath. You stir, moving closer towards the source of warmth beside you in the bed. You snuggle against his back to escape the bitter breeze. His body shifts, and his massive arm pulls up the covers then brings them down over top of your head. You coo softly as he rolls over and brings you into his arms.
“Good m...
2019-12-09 20:02:04 +0000 UTC
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“It’s a start.” He returns back into your apartment, scooping up a load of daffodils into his one arm. He then returns back onto the porch and dumps them over the edge.
“No!” You squeal, trying to stop him but it’s too late. “You can’t do that! You’re going to get me into so much trouble!” You pull him away from the balcony. “I’ll get trash bags, ok?”
Pothos nods. “Ok.”
“After that, you can return to your little perch,” you huff.
Only ...
2019-12-06 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Part One
You’ve gotten a new job recently that allows you to work from the comfort of your own home. It’s in customer service, not exactly your cup of tea, but you take the good with the bad. The only problem is that you have to go away on a few training seminars, so you ne...
2019-12-06 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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You meet the band at the back, helping them to unload and showing them around before the stage crew helped them set up.
Scratch lingered behind, looking at you with a smile on his face. “I owe you one.”
You shrug. “Just make these next three nights the best possible. Prove Fegane wrong and prove me right.”
Scratch winks. “You got it Tepes.”
The club is sparse at first, people who come just to get out or escape work. Once Robot Wizard starts playing though, ...
2019-12-05 22:00:59 +0000 UTC
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Bill came to stay with me, and Mama and Iggy too. Mama has been so short with me for leaving and never contacting home that night. Upon meeting Bill, she is shocked, but she accepts him with open arms, just as I knew she would.
Bill gets a job in town working for Old Allen, helping take care of the junkyard and running his repair shop. Bill is also one of the only people besides Old Allen that ...
2019-12-05 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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This month for the artist spotlight, there are quite a few artists up! First of all, check out what you're getting in mailouts this month, for $10 and up patrons you'll get a christmas card and a mix of these goodies.
Anyways, here's the art and the artists!
2019-12-05 15:44:32 +0000 UTC
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“I thought you’d like it, considering how much you went through all the pumpkin spice stuff I got-” You press you finger to her lips.
“Don’t mention that,” you coax her. “I never liked the stuff until you came around. Now I feel basic.”
Sig kisses your fingertip. “I think it’s cute.” She watches you as you take your first sip of the cinnamon tea. “How is it.”
“It’s like drinking one of the Red Hots candies,” you smack your lips. “It’s pret...
2019-12-04 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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They say it’s supposed to be fall and that the weather is cooling off. I’m not sure about that. As long as I have been in New Orleans, I have known nothing but heat and the occasional relief of air conditioning when Mama allows it. I only came to this town because of some deluded notion that Bill might be here. His hometown was nowhere anyone would choose to live, so I searched the adjoining town...
2019-12-04 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“It was your choice,” Sig says with a shrug. “You’re stuck with me now.” She pulls your pants back up and tightens the string. She then stands on tiptoe, placing a soft kiss on your neck. “And I am stuck with you.”
You sigh, rubbing your neck where her lips laid. “I should probably get to work.”
“Oh?” Sig turns and looks up at you. “Where do you work? Can I come?”
You go back to your bedroom, shuffling through clothes until you find something you li...
2019-12-03 22:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Taking care of Avery is like taking care of the weirdest cat at the shelter. He’s quiet and intense, yet he knows absolutely nothing about his surroundings. He’s an odd one. I’m not sure he’s as old as he claims to be. I’ve met quite a few young mages who claimed to be a centuries-old dragon or whatever, that’s nothing new. But Avery is different, and right now giving him a roof over his ...
2019-12-03 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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You returned to the kitchen, coffee in hand as you waited. It grew later into the night, and our stomach was in knots with worry. He should have been back long ago. What could have happened to him that was keeping him so long?
You pace around the kitchen then go to the window to peer outside. As you do, you see a light in the distance. It grows closer, and once it is beyond the gate you throw on a shawl and rush outside.
“Go back inside!” Codras huffs. “What are you? Crazy?...
2019-12-02 22:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Starting Next Friday a story, rough draft, and special preview will post every single day until Christmas! So, 12 monster leading up to Christmas.
(Not much different from what I usually do, but hey, four extra monsters)
Not to mention that this moth my $10 and up Patrons will be getting a mailout! Which, from the poll, looks like it is a three way tie! So, I'll be doing a loving mix of all three.
2019-12-02 20:08:41 +0000 UTC
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It has been so hot the last few days, and the air has been thick and murky with humidity. I’ve not done much, not that I could do much when the weather is so godawful. I pray for rain, or something, just to knock the heat off a little. Instead, the air conditioner breaks.
It’s been a long time coming. The unit is probably as old as the house itself. It’s done its duty, and now ...
2019-12-02 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Codras the Minotaur Part 3
Deo the Minotaur Part 2
Succubus Girlfriend
Beast Boyfriend
A Swan and a Raven Boyfriends
A Phoenix in Mr. Faire's carnival
Headless Horseman of Death and Tooth Fairy
Headless Horsewoman of Conquest
Rorschach Priest
Anna the Werewolf Part 3
Pothos the Erote
More Werewolves in Hearthway Hollow
2019-11-30 15:45:11 +0000 UTC
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You scoff, skin crawling from the experience. You’re angry and agitated, the whole night ruined because of Jax and his behaviour. As you got into your room you find your phone laying on the floor. You pick it up, seeing missed calls and a couple of texts from Deo which you ignore, going straight to calling him.
Grunts and snores are your answer. “Hello?” His voice croaks.
You go into the bathroom and sit on the edge of the tub, turning on the water. “Oh no, did I wake you?...
2019-11-29 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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My work in Germany had all but been destroyed. I ran with what I could, taking all my research with me in hopes of completing it. I just needed to find an energy source, something that could power everything. If I could find that, then everything would fall into place.
The war was only further proof that my work was important and that it needed to get done as soon as possible. America was creat...
2019-11-29 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“This and that,” Bill chuckles. “Got into it about my dad and Mama made me cry.”
I smile at him and take hold of his hand. He wasn’t going to tell me, so I wasn’t going to ask. I should have known, but much like Bill had done with me, I was going to pretend and keep living like things were normal.
Several years later, a hurricane came through and destroyed most of the town, including Mama’s house. We had escaped and evacuated to Mama’s friends’ house further nort...
2019-11-28 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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They say it’s supposed to be fall and that the weather is cooling off, I’m not sure about it. As long as I have been in New Orleans, I have known nothing but heat and the occasional relief of air conditioning when Mama allows it. I had only come to this town because of some deluded notion that Bill might be here. His hometown was nowhere anyone would choose to live, so I searched the adjoining towns, thinking perhaps he had gone there in order to find peace.
I don’t know what happ...
2019-11-28 21:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The small flat that Avery and I live in is just above the grocer where we both work. After fleeing to this city, we were able to get jobs. The man who owns the place seemed desperate to get good workers, no questions asked. I do stocking, heavy lifting, that sort of thing. Meanwhile, Avery takes care of running the cash register and dealing with customers. He’s a bit off-putting to say the least. I...
2019-11-28 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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